How to create a huge black background?

Obviously the easiest thing to do would be to rent a studio with a wide and tall black background, but unfortunately where I'm at it seems none exist. I've googled/craigslisted up every studio I could find but theyre all mostly white. We require a huge size because we plan to stack some props high up the ceiling, to see that high we'd need to pull the camera further back, which would mean we'd need a wide background too.

We've considered putting black cloth over the a large white backdrop but we really don't know to make it look professional (i.e. how to hold them up to the wall without wrinkles and artifacts).

If anyone has any ideas they are much much appreciated. Here's a reference of what kind of backdrop we'd like in terms of size and color:

(Pause at 1:18 when the girl stomps her foot)
http://www.youtube.com …lpage&v=vSkb0kD​acjs#t=76s

Could this have been done with greenscreen?

If you can find a large dark space - a remote warehouse , barn or hanger; film at night and only illuminate the elements you want to see, that might work.

Otherwise green/blue screen.

Depending on the scene you could CGI the props, film any foreground action in front of a greenscreen and then composite the shot.

thedcmule2 wrote in post #15170312
If anyone has any ideas they are much much appreciated. Here's a reference of what kind of backdrop we'd like in terms of size and color:

I simple and inexpensive solution that you could do outside on a flat surface would be to rent some scaffolding and find a place that sells drapery fabric, set up the scaffolding stage right and left and then clamp the fabric to the scaffolding.

Wala instant huge backdrop.

Wayne

Im not sure how your shot needs to be, but if it is a tripod shot then there is a lot you could do with masking. It could be done with green but you will need good lighting and such. In college we had a big painted green area with overhead arri lighting, and even with all that, it was sometimes tricky to get all of the shadows off of a person so it would key well. One technique I did use was to composite green screen acting into still shots. I used a piece of green "Chroma-Cloth" just big enough to shoot the actor and then used tripod shots to place the actor into. This way you can scale the actor etc to almost any environment....however using a small green cloth limits the movements of the actor etc... Just make sure the lighting matches both environments, or it will look odd when keyed.

There is a photographer/videograp​her called Dave mentioned this earlier, on how to create a black background you can google his site but as i recall he said he bought a huge black cloth and just mount it in his studio/garage when he's shooting.

I went to walmart and purchased a couple king size black flat sheets for about $10 a piece. They are easy to store and put up and cleaning is a simple!

Just found this thread...
Hope it's not too late to chime in, if so, I hope your shoot went well.

Why not rent the stage, and paint the wall(s)?

I've been in the television industry for decades now, and painting a cyc / floor is a commonplace thing. You may get charged a bit (either for the initial paint, or a "return to original color")

But if the studio has a seamless, and you're worrying about a flat, even, wrinkle-free background, this could be an option...

my .02

thanks!